Weatherly

Council works to hold taxes

Jane Polanesky Rogan

Jane Polanesky Rogan, 93, formerly of Dresher and Penn Lake, died Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at Brittany Pointe

Estates in Lansdale.

Jane was the daughter of the late Charles and Jenny Polanesky of Freeland and Hazleton. She was a graduate of St. Gabriel’s High School in Hazleton and attended McCann school of business. Jane and Paul married in 1953 and were blessed with 6 children: Paul (Nancie), Mary Jane Rogan (Dudley), Alice Nugent (Gunther), Rich (Gerri), Claire Halton (Bill), and Kate Preedy (Ian); 17 to another weekend because this is Labor Day weekend, and there is already so much traffic on that holiday you can barely drive around the lake. Otherwise, all are in favor of the wedding as long as they have insurance and meet all other requirements. grandchildren; and 7 great grandchildren.

Burden said County Waste reported they came and swept up glass left on the roads around the borough after the last pickup. However, there was still quite a bit of glass left on the roads.

Jane was an active member of St. Patrick’s Church, White Haven and the Penn Lake community. Jane will be remembered for her love of reading, movies and theater, walks around the lake, gatherings of friends and family, sing-alongs, and evening Old Fashioned cocktails with Paul.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on May 13, in St. Patrick’s Church, with burial in St. Ann’s Cemetery, Freeland following.

Arrangements were under the direction of the Lehman Family Funeral Service, Inc. of White Haven.

by Seth Isenberg

(continued from May 11) fee for testing is $30. His contact information is on the borough website, or call or text to 570-417-9591.

At the April 24 Weatherly Borough Council meeting, council member Joe Cyburt led a discussion about holding taxes at the current level, even as that means less money to do projects around town. He added to that two of borough’s trucks are wearing out, and will need to be replaced, along with the borough’s backhoe.

Details about a parade for Memorial Day were not together as of the meeting. Since then, the American Legion Auxiliary has put the pieces together for the event – to be held Memorial Day Monday.

Eustice also reported there is no plan for spraying the lily pads or bladder wort this early in the year.

Regarding goose abatement, Kuter said he has not seen any goslings, so feels this is going well.

Paperwork and a resolution were needed to have Atlas Engineering begin engineering work in the borough.

The Dominic DeFrancisco home project will only vacate a little portion of the paper Pardee Street that separates his two land parcels. The idea of vacating more paper streets is no longer being pursued.

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Councilman Dan Eustice will start testing the lake water a week before Memorial Day. If there are property owners who would like their lakefront water tested, he will submit their samples along with the borough samples. The

Councilman Dave Longmore reported there has been no news on the pickle ball court, and if the court is not completed money will be refunded to anyone who donated to this project.

Bids were reviewed for the ARPA drainage project on Williams Drive. Kislan’s bid was accepted by council, total bid $13,850. Kislan

The money for the trails work is coming from grants. Discussion of a new police garage indicated that while the building itself may not cost a lot, it still would need to be a prevailing wage job, and require engineering work, adding an extra layer of cost. With the budget tight, the garage is pushed down on the priority list. See PENN LAKE, page 7